Yes Minister
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 1980 - 1984
- 22 episodes (3 series)
Political satire in which well-meaning MP Jim Hacker has a fast introduction to the world of Whitehall and must then struggle against the Civil Service. Stars Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Diana Hoddinott and Neil Fitzwiliam
Streaming rank this week: 514
Episode menu
Series 3, Episode 7 - The Middle-Class Rip-Off
A constituency matter concerning an expensive and unused art gallery and a near-bankrupt football club threatens to gouge a deep divide between Hacker and Sir Humphrey. Should art and culture for the middle classes be subsidised?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 23rd December 1982
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Paul Eddington | James Hacker |
| Nigel Hawthorne | Sir Humphrey Appleby |
| Derek Fowlds | Bernard Woolley |
| John Nettleton | Sir Arnold Robinson (Cabinet Secretary) |
| John Barron | Sir Ian Whitworth |
| Patrick O'Connell | Brian Wilkinson (Local Councillor) |
| Derek Benfield | Aston Wanderers Chairman |
| Joanna Henderson | Curator |
| Antony Jay | Writer |
| Jonathan Lynn | Writer |
| Peter Whitmore | Director |
| Peter Whitmore | Producer |
| John Dunstan | Editor |
| Chris Booth | Editor |
| Gary Pritchard | Production Designer |
| Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |
Press
The Henderson Report
I want to look at the Radio Times capsule for the episode [the final episode of Series 3 of Yes Minister]. Which features something rather unusual. Take a look at those names. Eddington, Hawthorne, Fowlds: check. But what about Joanna Henderson, playing the Curator? She's not in the episode at all. Nor is she in the end credits. What gives?
Dirty Feed, 8th October 2023